CONTENT WARNING:
This production is rated a "playful R"
This play is comprised of five short plays. They are all comedies which pastiche horror films combined with Shakespearean plays. They all contain:
- Foul language
- Violence
- Heightened language ("shakespeare speak")
- Reference to sexual scenarios
The plays are listed here in their order in the progam. Most of the references listted here are brief and in a comedic context.
The play 'Tempest' contains:
- simulated thunder and lightning (a flash of light)
- reference to a child dying
- yelling
- single parenthood
- an emotionally abusive parent
- people wearing disguises
- being deserted on an island
- suggestion of mental illness
The play ' Monkeypaw Macbeth' contains:
- reference to war
- reference to germaphobia
- depiction of a taxidermied baboon hand
- people in the military (Scottish, circa 1040 CE-ish)
- reference to plumbing and poop
- people making fun of the sound of eacch other's names
- reference to the sound people make when they puke
- reference to treason
- reference to going to jail
- depiction of death
- reference to C-sections
Thirteenth Night contains:
- reference to crushing a can of beer
- reference to crossdressing
- reference to being brutally slaughtered / murdered
- depiction of smoking a bong
- depiction of Punch & Judy puppets
- depiction of someone being watched without their consent in their home
- sounds of screaming
- a clown outfit
- depiction of a hangover
- depiction of gaslighting
- death by axe
- death by pistol
- sound of a gunshot
The Ingénue Slumber Party Hauntening contains:
- reference to couple's counseling
- depiction of a cigarette
- reference to dying in childbirth
- reference to bloodletting
- reference to bullying
- reference to cutting throats
- reference to wetting the bed
- depiction of posession
- reference to projectile vomiting
- reference to a nunnery
The play 'Tragedy' contains:
- depiction of someone tied up
- depiction of broken legs
- depiction of holding someone captive
- depiction of tickling
- depiction of death by pillow-smothering
- If you have any concerns or questions, or if you would like to chat about the content of the play, please reach out to info@villainstheatre.com.